Tag Archives: log cabin

Flying Over the Catskills

Posted on April 30, 2012 by admin

(This essay appears in the Spring 2012 issue of The Country and Abroad.) Isn’t a vacation an adult version of running away? Mine always leave me wishing I didn’t have to return home to some drudgery or other. My dread … Continue reading →

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Searching For My Bumper Sticker

Posted on March 5, 2012 by admin

(Over the years I’ve published various poems and essays in Chronogram magazine. This one remains my favorite.) Searching For My Bumper Sticker I grew up in a suburban family with a lively sense of bumper stickers. First the Rambler, then … Continue reading →

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The Family Tools (Christmas in a Log Cabin)

Posted on December 19, 2011 by admin

(A holiday tale first published in the late 1990s. Some of it is true.) The Unabomber and I had at least one trait in common. He hated Industrial Society so thoroughly that he never learned how to use tools well … Continue reading →

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A Poem About a Bear (and Me) by Philip Pardi

Posted on December 15, 2011 by admin

When I heard Philip Pardi read this poem aloud, I was taken aback because 1) it was dedicated to me 2) it was so good 3) it nailed me as a bear wannabe. During my five years in a log … Continue reading →

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That City/Country High

Posted on February 21, 2011 by admin

From the late 1980s well into the 1990s, I led a bifurcated life: my career, my marriage, and my social life anchored in Hoboken, then Manhattan; my romantic spirit given to weekend day hikes in the Hudson Highlands reached by … Continue reading →

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